VIDEO: Autostraddle’s Own Mey is a Superstar On HLN, Talks About Coming Out
Our very own Trans Editor, Mey Rude was featured on HLN last Friday to talk about her amazing coming out story.
VIDEO: Here Are Our Unstoppable Contest Winners!
This past summer, we teamed up with MOTRIN® and Lesbian.com to host a contest. We asked you to tell us what makes you Unstoppable and you delivered!
We had tons of short videos submitted from so many bright shining stars explaining exactly how awesome they are and/or how their awesomeness is helping or inspiring others. We loved everyone’s submissions and our hearts grew three sizes just…
Playlist: The Healing Power of Song
A groundbreaking poll from the BBC has, to our delight, revealed the healing powers of ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.”Apparently, in order to heal you need a song associated with the word “Queen.” According to this highly scientific investigation, nearly 90% of respondents said, “listening to music can make people feel better when they are sick or facing difficult times.”…
60 Winter Soups That Will Warm Your Heart, Soul, and Universe
Hello and welcome to this thing we’re doing where we help you figure out what you’re gonna put in your mouth this week. Some of these are recipes we’ve tried, some of these are recipes we’re looking forward to trying, all of them are fucking delicious. Tell us what you want to put in your piehole or suggest your own recipes, and we’ll talk about which things we made, which things we loved, and…
Happy Sunday Funday, folks! Here’s to hoping you didn’t have too bad of a hangover this Halloween weekend. Just in case, I’ve got some good queer news to make it all better.
It’s Gonna Be Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas EverLifetime’s upcoming Grumpy Cat film with Aubrey Plaza finally has a trailer. HO, HO, HO!
We Won A Thing: Philly…
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A very extensive preview of all the queer books to read this fall, now at Autostraddle.
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Hi! I’m working on an article for autostraddle.com highlighting relationships between women where at least one of the women is a trans woman. It’s going to be similar to this piece about QTPOC couples. If you fit that description or you know someone who does, please contact me at mey@autostraddle.com.
I’m especially looking for twoc because right now, most of the trans women I’m in contact with are white.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Wearing Your Shirt, Probably Not Giving It Back
Welcome to NSFW Sunday!
Feature image via alien spiiirit.
Julia Valimaki via girls will be boys
+ Anna Pulley writes about what it’s like to watch episodes for the (queer feminist) Crash Pad Series shooting:
“As a feminist, I’ve found there’s often a negotiation that occurs when watching most porn, especially if it involves any kind of heavy aggression or degradation. Because, let’s face it, our…
You have always been that dark-skinned girl with thick black hair, black hair so thick it drips like maple syrup to your fingers and your fork, black hair so thick it’s always late and slightly askew and sprouts in unwanted places like your chin and underneath your lip and on your breasts.
But your tresses were beloved. Despite paint stains on your men’s shirt, packed dirt underneath your fingernails, chipped black nail polish…and your wild black eyes… Your hair was long and beautiful and loved. Black. Black. Black. Gone. Gone. Gone.
But you never loved your hair.
“That instinct, to lie or protect the men who abuse us, is hard to explain. It comes from being afraid of the person who is abusing you, of course, but also afraid for the changes that honesty will force. We don’t want to endanger the men who hurt us, because we love them and we don’t think we can live without them.
